in the side

1 Kings 8:9
There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.

2 Kings 22:8-11
Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, "I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!" And he gave it to Shaphan, who read it. . . .

2 Chronicles 34:14, 15
While they were bringing out the money that had been taken into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the Law of the LORD given by Moses. . . .

a witness

Deuteronomy 31:19
Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.

2 Kings 22:8, 13-19
Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, "I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!" And he gave it to Shaphan, who read it. . . .

Romans 3:19, 20
Now we know that whatever the Law says, it says to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. . . .

Galatians 2:19
For through the Law I died to the Law so that I might live to God.